New Exhibition Features Drawings of Burdette Keeland Jr

A new exhibition, The Art of Architecture: Drawings by Burdette Keeland, Jr., has opened in the first floor display cases of the MD Anderson Library. The exhibition by UH Special Collections celebrates the artistic talent of architect Burdette Keeland, Jr. (1926 – 2000), a longtime member of the UH architecture faculty.

Burdette Keeland, Jr., Barkdull Townhouses, Houston TX (1975).

Burdette Keeland, Jr., Barkdull Townhouses, Houston TX (1975).

Before the advent of computer technology, architects helped clients visualize proposed designs through hand-drawn sketches and architectural renderings. Today, these presentation drawings are valued as much for their artistic merit as for the architectural designs they represent.

The exhibition, which contains selected images from the Burdette Keeland Architectural Papers, was curated by Stephen James with important production assistance from Greg Yerke and J Fisher. Visitors are invited to view The Art of Architecture: Drawings by Burdette Keeland, Jr. now through August 2017.

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Posted on February 27th, 2017 by Esmeralda Fisher and filed under Announcements | Comments Off on New Exhibition Features Drawings of Burdette Keeland Jr